Slip



Patented May 18, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicF.y v

SLIP

Walter A. Goldsmith, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Application December 2l, 1936, Serial No. 116,859

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a slip. More particularly, it comprises a garment preferably formed of knitted material and having an upper portion wherein the elasticity of the fabric serves to hold 5 it to the contour of the body of the wearer, and having a lower skirt portion united to the upper portion by means of a waistline seam extending circumferentially completely around the garment. In addition to the straight waistline seam,

the garment has other straight line seams which facilitate the rapid production of such garment.

The Jentire garment is free of hooks and eyes or similar fastening devices, and effects a snug fit solely through the elasticity of the fabric from which the garment is made and the stitching of the seams Vto allow suicient expansion so that the garment may be pulled on over the shoulders and when in place will return to substantially its original dimensions by reason of such elastic go qualities in the fabric.

Y Ihe garment preferably comprises two major sections at the rear and three major sections at the front, such parts mutually coacting to cause the upper portion of the garment to closely engage the form of the wearer and to permit the lower portion of the 'garment to be held in free suspension so as to permit changes of position of the wearer in sitting, walking or running, without interfering with the t of the garment.

The upper section of the garment preferably has the wales of knitted material extending circumferentially so as 'to restrict the stretch of they garment in such direction. The skirt portions of the garment have the wales of knitted material extending vertically so as to permit free stretching of the material transversely.

The upper rearward panel of the garment serves as a back for both the diaphragm and brassire forward sections thereof. The brassire portion preferably is formed of two layers of fabric and is provided with a vertically shirred section at the center with darts placed at the bottom and sides to suitably shape the garment to the form ofthe wearer. The lower seam connecting the diaphragm and brassire sections is slightly inclined upwardly from each side toward the shirred section and the forward intermediate section over the diaphragm is preferably formed of two layers of fabric and has a retaining effect, holding the garment closely to the body immediately below the bust portion.

The skirt preferably has a shadow panel centrally of the front connected to the inner face of the skirt by straight line seams tapering upwardly from the bottom to the point of merger of the shadow pana with the lower edge of the the diaphragm, of the wearer providing a waistline seam on a substantially straight line from which the skirt is supported. It also provides a garment wherein a shadow panel is embodied in the skirt and connected with the diaphragm portion of the garment along with the skirt portion by a single seam along a straight line. The garment also provides for a brassire portion of double thickness shaped to the lines of the ligure, and, asl stated, the diaphragm portion also is preferably made of two thicknesses of material.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an improved garment embodying a brassire and slip and having a transversely nonextensible section.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment formed of knitted material wherein the rearward portion comprises-a lower skirt portion and a single upper portion, and whereinvthe forward portion of the garment comprises a lower skirt portion' and a top brassire portion with an intermediate diaphragm portion.

Another object of the invention is to provide a.

garment wherein the forward portion thereof comprises three sections, the upper section forming a brassire of double thickness with darts and shirring to shape the same, and the lower portion comprising a skirt portion with a shadow panel of double thickness, said portions being joined by an intermediate portion of double thickness but less transverse elasticity than the skirt section.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment having areas of double thickness and having areas wherein the stretch is longitudinal and other areas wherein the stretch is transverse, and wherein most of the seams'are straight line seams.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment wherein the skirtp'ortion thereof is provided with a shadow panel united with the marne for the skirt panel and upper portion of such garment.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following description.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and f related ends, said invention, then, consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed `out in the claims,v the annexed drawing and the following description-'setting forth in detail certain means embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but several of various forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

In said annexed drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a brassire-top slip embodying the principles of the invention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the garment shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view, taken along the line 3 3 shown in Figure 1, looking downwardly, showing the position of the shadow panel;

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail view showing a portion of the double brassire section of the garment and the side seam therefor, taken along the line 4 4 shown in Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail view showing the side seam of the double fabric diaphragm portion of the garment, taken along the line 5 5 shown in Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail view showing a portion of the double brassire section of the garment and the double fabric diaphragm section joined thereto, taken along the line 6 6 shown in Figure l, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 7 is an enlarged detail view showing the connection between the double thickness diaphragm section and the single thickness areaV hand end of the structure shown in Figure 3,'

showing the side seam of the skirt; and

Figure 10 is an enlarged detail view of the lateral shadow panel seam shown in Figure 3.

It will be noted that the garment I shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises three main sections at the front, the upper brassire portion 2, which is of double layers of fabric with the loops of the knitted material extending transversely, a forward diaphragm section 3, which is of double layers of fabric with the loops of the knitted material extending transversely, and the skirt portion 4 which is of single thickness with the loops of knitted material extending vertically. The garment at the rear comprises two main portions, the upper back portion 5 being of suiiicient Width to connect with the lateral edges of both the brassire and diaphragm portions at the front of the garment, and preferably having the loops of knitted material thereof extending transversely, and the lower portion comprising the skirt section 6 which is of single thickness with the loops of knitted material extending vertically, and the upper seamline 1 joining the skirt to the upper back portion being a continuation of the upper portion of the garment in a common seam binding I3 around the bottom of the garment, while the upper edge of the shadow panel is united to the diaphragm section along with the front portion of the skirt in a common seam I4 comprising a continuation of the circumferential seams 1 and 8 at the top of the skirt.

Theupper edge of the back panel 5 is preferably provided with a binding I5 to which adjus-v table shoulder straps I6 are connected, the forward edges of such shoulderstraps being connected with a similar binding I1 at the upper edge of the brassire portion at the front of the garment.

The brassireportion 2 of the garment, as stated, is of double thickness, being connected by a side seam I8 with the back panel 5. The central portion of the brassire is provided with a-line of shirring I9.

The diaphragm portion of the garment, it will be noted, has a straight lower edge formed by the seam 8 and its central section I4 heretofore described, while its upper portion is formed by the seam 2| which extends upwardly from each side to its point of juncture with the shirred portion of the brassire centrally. The manner in which such seam unites the brassire to the dia-l phragm section is shown in Figure 6.

As has been explained, the garment is provided at the front with a double thickness of fabric provided by the shadow panel centrally of the front of the skirt, the double layer fabric of the diaphragm section, and the double layers of fabric with the intermediate shirring, com'- prising the brassire.

The upper portion of the garment above the top edge of the skirt is formed of knitted material with the wales running transversely, so that there is relatively small stretch around the body'of the wearer and a snug fitting garment can be provided which will retain its shape at such point. The lower portion of the garment will, stretch in a horizontal direction or circumferentially-of the garment, and thus result in a satisfactory t of the garment without special shaping.

The garment lends itself, to quantity production in that the seam connecting the skirt portions front and back to the upper portion of the garment is on a single straight line.

The brassire portion of the garment, in addition to the central shirring to shape the same, is preferably provided with darts 22, 23, at the sides and bottom, respectively, of the brassire sections to suitably shape the same. The upper portion of the brassire, it will be noted, due to the shirring, presents a somewhat semi-circular upwardly curved contour, while the back panel of the garment presents a slightly concave upper margin exposing a larger area of the body of the wearer than at the front of the garment.

The several parts of the garment as above described provide fora garment which will retain its shape and at the same time will have adequate elasticity to conform to the shape of the wearer over certain localized sections of the garment, as has been explained. Apart from the brassire section, the seams are formed on a straight line.

Y I I 3 l Other modes of applying the principle of my seams, and beingjoined to the skirt section in a invention may be employed instead df those exstraight seam extending completely around the plained, change being made as regards the means garment, the back panel comprising a section of and steps herein disclosed, provided that the greater width than the `diaphragm section, said 5 means stated by any of the following claims or back panel being joined in straight seams. respec' the equivalent of such stated means be employed. tively, at its upper lateral edges with the bras- I therefore particularly point out and distinctly sire section positioned at the upper front porclaim asmy invention: tion of the garment, said brassire section being v 1 A knitted garment comprising a brassire attached to the forward portion of the diaphragm "ld section of double thickness, adiaphragm section section. along an upwardly and'inwardly inclined oil uble thickness,-a back panel, a shadow panel, seamline and said diaphragm section having the skirt section, the diaphragm section and wales o the knitted fabric extending circumfermeeting the s kirt section along a. entially so as to have restricted stretcharound straight line extending completely around the thebody of the wearer.

i5 garment, the back panel comprising a section of 3. A knitted garment comprising an upper por-l greater width than the diaphragm section, said tion oi fabric of relatively restricted circumferenback panel merging at its lateral edges with the i tial elasticity and a skirt portion offabric of rell brassire section positioned at the upper front -atively full circumferential elasticity, vsaid upper 4 portion of the garment, said brassire section beand skirt portions Y g' a straight 20 ing attached to the upper portion of the dia'- waistline seam, said upper portion comprising a phragm section along upwardly and'inwardiy inplurality of sections united along continuous clined seamlines, and said shadow panel destraight side seam and a shadow panel cenpending from said straight `line and being suptraily of the innei front portion of the skirt, said ported by the diaphragm section. shadow panel being narrowed upwardly and .25 2. A knitted garment comprising a brassire merging with the waistline seam of said upper section, a'diapbragm section, a back panel, and a and skirtportions.

' WALTER A. GOLDSMITH.

skirt section, the diaphragm section and back Apanel being joined to each other by straight side 

